Here's how i have been watering in seeds and doing most of the irrigation until i set up the drip system. Gear driven sprinklers connected to a 1" manifold, 6 gpm nozzles for established plants. 2.5 gpm for seeds. I tried to design the system to put out a lot of water quickly to minimize evaporation and fuel costs when i was still using the generator. The whole system was fairly inexpensive, and much better then lugging around hoses. All those 50 ft sections of 1" pipe are the perfect size use as drip manifolds with the new system.